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Joe Neguse: “That includes, as you know, about $800 billion of cuts to…”

Featuring: Joe Neguse, Democratic | U.S. House Colorado, 2nd Congressional District

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Congressman Joe Neguse and Jen Rubin discuss Republican plan to Cut Medicaid

Published | Video Starts at 01:16

Some of the the biggest high tax hikes or excuse me, tax cuts that you can imagine for the richest Americans. And they do that by essentially gutting every social safety net program that one could conceive of. That includes, as you know, about $800 billion of cuts to Medicaid as well as the Affordable Care Act. $200 billion to food assistance programs and a number of other really draconian cuts to programs that everyday Americans across rural America, rural parts of my district rely on. (01:16–01:35)

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Asserts that the budget plan includes $800 billion in cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act.

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